Christine Flores, better known as Christina Milian, was born on September 26, 1981, in Jersey City, New Jersey. Her parents, Don Flores and Carmen Milian, raised her and her two younger sisters in Waldorf, Maryland. Milian gets part of her stage name from her mother’s maiden name; she changed her name in order to be considered for a wider range of roles and opportunities. Milian was auditioning for and landing roles in Wendy’s commercials as early as the age of nine. Her mother moved her and her sisters to Los Angeles when she was thirteen, leaving her father in Maryland. Soon after, her parents divorced.
Milian’s ambition in Los Angeles was to become an actress. She landed some jobs, such as hosting the Disney Channel series “Movie Surfers,” but after meeting producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins because they shared a flat complex, she began spending more time recording music and meeting people in the recording industry.
Personal Life
Milian dated actor Nick Cannon for two and a half years after meeting on the set of their 2003 film, “Love Don’t Cost a Thing.” She eventually ended her relationship with him after he cheated on her. She was then romantically linked to musician The Dream in February 2009. (birth name Terius Youngdell Nash). They announced their engagement in May of that year and celebrated with a large party in June. On September 4, 2009, they eloped and married at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
On September 11, 2009, a week after their elopement, they announced that they were expecting their first child together. In February 2010, their daughter was born. Milian and The Dream divorced in December 2009, just three months after their elopement. In October 2011, they finalised their divorce. She then began dating James “Jas” Prince, Jr., the son of Rap-A-Lot Records CEO James Prince. Milian and Prince married in April 2013 but divorced in June 2014. Following that, she dated rapper Lil Wayne and American football player Brandon Wilds. She started dating French singer M. Pokora in August 2017. In January 2020, they welcomed their second child, a son.
Career
Milian made her professional music debut on the song “Between Me and You” from rapper Ja Rule’s album “Rule 3:36.” (2000). On the Billboard Hot 100, the song peaked at No. 11. She went on to co-write songs for Jennifer Lopez and PYT, and her collaboration with Ja Rule helped her land a record deal with Def Soul Records. Her label sent her to Sweden to record her self-titled debut album, which was released in the UK in October 2001. The album’s American release had been delayed due to the September 11th attacks, and it was eventually not released at all.
She later collaborated with Romeo and Hilary Duff on various projects, including the theme song for the Disney Channel animated series “Kim Possible.” She went back into the studio with producers such as Bloodshy & Avant, Cory Rooney, and Warryn Campbell, and the result was her second studio album “It’s About Time,” which was released in July 2004. The album’s lead single, “Dip It Low,” in particular, became a huge hit, peaking at No. 2 in the UK and No. 5 in the US. In 2005, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album. In 2006, her third album, “So Amazin’,” was released.
Despite her fame as a musician, Milian’s original ambition when she moved to California as a teen was to become an actress. She made early appearances in films such as “The Wood” (1999) and “American Pie” (1999), as well as on television shows such as “Sister, Sister” (1996), “Smart Guy”, “Clueless” (1999), and “Get Real” (1999). (1999). Her first major starring role, however, was in the 2003 film “Love Don’t Cost a Thing,” in which she co-starred with ex-boyfriend Nick Cannon.
She has since appeared in films such as “Torque” (2004), “Man of the House” (2005), and “Be Cool” (2005), alongside John Travolta and Uma Thurman; the horror film “Pulse” (2006) with Kristen Bell and Ian Somerhalder; the television movie “Snowglobe” (2007); “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” (2009) with Matthew McConaughey; “Bring It On: Fight to the Finish” (2009), which was Milian has also appeared in two video games: Def Jam Vendetta (2003) and “Need for Speed: Undercover” (2006). (2008).
Milian, who is also an artist, entered the world of artist management in 2010, when she signed on to manage the Australian music duo Kasey Osborne and Kelsey-Maree. Viva Diva Wines, which she co-owns with her mother/manager Carmen Milian and publicist Robyn Santiago, is one of her other ventures. She and Elizabeth Morris also co-own the beignet food truck Beignet Box. Milian competed on the 17th season of “Dancing with the Stars” in 2013, finishing in ninth place with her professional dance partner Mark Ballas.
Net Worth
Christina Milian is a $6 million dollar net-worth American actress and singer-songwriter. She has two top-ten hits in the United Kingdom and one in the United States, and she has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. She began her career by appearing in commercials. Then she went on to star in a production of “Annie” and host various Disney Channel shows. When she was 17, she began writing and recording her own demo. She signed with Def Jam at the age of 19 in 2000 and released her first album the following year. It spawned two hit singles, both of which charted in the Top 40 in the United States and the Top 5 in the United Kingdom.
In 2003, she resumed her acting career with the film “Love Don’t Cost a Thing.” Her next album, released in 2004, was a hit in both the US and the UK, with the Top 10 hit “Dip It Low” and the UK Top 10 “Whatever You Want.” “So Amazin’ “, her third album, was released in 2006, but it was only moderately successful. In 2012, she signed with Young Money Entertainment. While her music career was in transition, she continued to act in films such as “Be Cool,” “Pulse,” “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,” and “Bring It On: Fight to the Finish.”
Facts
| Net Worth | $6 Million |
| Date of Birth | Sep 26, 1981 (41 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Jersey City |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 5 ft 1 in (1.57 m) |
| Profession | Record producer, Actor, Singer-songwriter, Model, Dancer, Voice Actor |
| Nationality | United States of America |
